February 15, 2012 Gary Enos, Contributing Editor
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The CEO of Genesee County Community Mental Health in Flint, Mich., knew he was going against the grain in 2009 when he vowed to devote agency resources to pairing seriously mentally ill clients with personal trainers.
February 15, 2012 Nick Zubko, Associate Editor
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Across the country, treatment facilities have started integrating primary care into the range of services they provide. But there are several key questions that behavioral healthcare providers should ask themselves to make sure their facilities are protected.
February 9, 2012 Ron Manderscheid, PhD, Exec Dir, NACBHDD
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February is National Heart Month. Not only is the prevalence of heart problems staggering in the US population, but the mortality from heart attack and stroke among behavioral health consumers and peers is a national disgrace. We must savea million hearts!
February 2, 2012 Ron Manderscheid, PhD
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Assigned the task of leading a Subcommittee to make recommendations about which topics should become Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators causes one to pause and reflect.
February 1, 2012 News release
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Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have released a paper describing how antipsychotic drugs interfere with normal metabolism by activating a protein called SMAD3, an important part of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) pathway.
October 4, 2011 Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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SATVA group details mileposts on the journey to integrate physical and behavioral health
October 4, 2011 Edward R. Jones, PhD, and Richard F. Paul, MSW, CEAP
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EAPs can build and sustain a healthier, happier, more engaged workforce
September 25, 2011 Ron Manderscheid, PhD, Executive Director, NACBHDD
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As we pause to honor recovery month (September) and Wellness Week (September 17-23), we must also forge ahead to assess our progress in combating
September 11, 2011 Ron Manderscheid, PhD, Executive Director, NACBHDD
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CDC report opens door to study of mental determinants of physical health
September 1, 2011 Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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Policy shift to expand role of mental health and wellness promotion in community public health
July 19, 2011 Ron Manderscheid, PhD
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President Franklin Roosevelt gave his annual State of the Union address from the White House instead of the Capitol in 1944. A few minutes later, he
June 27, 2011 Jack Carney, DSW
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The last in an eight-part series, this blog will focus on jobs, the failure of the mental health system to connect its consumers to mainstream jobs, and the political strategy that mental health consumers, past and present, will have to pursue in order to obtain jobs in the mainstream or larger community.
